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Broch - Drystone freestanding tower with interior court, no external windows (which face into the court), spiral stair inside wall, typically iron age Celtic refuge in Scotland.
Burg - German stronghold.
Broch
- (Scottish) from the Norse, Berg, meaning a strong or fortified place. A large circular tower of drystone construction, with internal passageways, and hyperbolic parraboidal form.
Broch
A round tower-like structure, open in the middle, the double wall of dry-stone masonry being linked to form internal galleries at varying levels. Found in north and west Scotland, probably dating from the 1st century AD.
Bronze Age ...
Broch, Brogh, Brough: A dry stone circular tower of the late Iron Age, common in the north of Scotland, very rare in the south.
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[Middle English brochen, to pierce, probably from broche, pointed weapon or implement, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, from Latin broccus, projecting.]
broacher n.
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 See also: House, Tower, Architecture, Gallery, Ground
  
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